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Cloak
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Cloak of brown silk taffeta, lightly wadded, and lined with brown polished cotton in back and yoke and with black silk taffeta in front. Very wide collar with points at shoulders, bound with self-fabric cut on the bias along the edges. Wide, rounded yoke is piped along edges. Body is knife-pleated to yoke with pleats that point toward center back. Center front closure with hooks and eyes on yoke only. Hand sewn.
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Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Female
Outerwear
Historic Costume
Cloak
Female
Taffeta
Silk
Glazed Cotton
Taffeta
Brown
1830 - 1845
19th Century
Early 19th Century
Mid 19th Century